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Botswana Miniature Sheets

This Page Illustrates the Miniature sheets of the Republic of Botswana


Illustrations by Otto Peetoom
 
Introduction
Botswana Commemorative Issues

Following Independence, in 1966 only one set of four stamps was issued to celebrate the Independence of the country.
A conservative policy was adopted that avoided a flood of un-necessary issues that is the hallmark of many Independent African States that started with Ghana in 1957 and is mirrored by a relatively close neighbouring country being Independent Lesotho.

Miniature Sheets
Issuing Miniature sheets to accompany a set of commemorative stamps became a Universal Philatelic gimmick that was an innovation boosting the income of Philatelic Bureaus. Miniature sheets essentially have no postal use and are simply an instrument to ensure that a stamp collector buys the same set of stamps twice.

The miniature sheets steadily evolved into a philatelic curse of today and at first they only included the same values that were issued in sheet format.
Then they either included some of the values of a set or a totally different design to the rest of the set. Another gimmick was to use the same designs but each stamp has a much higher denomination. Over the years the sheetlets steadily grew in size and from initially being square or rectangular, larger and strange shapes were introduced.

Botswana Miniature Sheets
Although Botswana Post indulged itself with the miniature sheet market, they extended a conservative policy that avoided the over-kill that other African states resorted to. Since Independence in 1966, in fifty years Botswana issued 52 miniature sheets which is an average of one per annum.
In reality the numbers ranged from one per year to as many as four in 2001 and there were several years in which no miniature sheets appeared.

On 30 September 1968 the first Botswana miniature sheet made its debut to commemorate the Opening of the National Museum and Art Gallery.

MS No 1 - 30 September 1968 - Opening of National Museum and Art Gallery - SG MS 248

The Botswana National Museum, also known as the National Museum and Art Gallery, is located in the capital Gaborone and is a multi-disciplinary institution that includes the National Art Gallery and Octagon Gallery. It displays traditional Botswana crafts and paintings and aims to celebrate the work of local artists.

The museum was established in 1967 via an Act of Parliament and it officially opened to the public in 1968. The museum celebrated a year-long 40th anniversary in 2008 under the banner of Museum as Agents of Social Change and Development, mirroring that used by the International Council of Museums.

The museum is also involved with the preservation of Tsodilo, the country's first world heritage area, among other efforts.
It is the caretaker of Tsholofelo Park, the burial place of the negro of Banyoles, known as El Negro in Botswana, following the body's return from the Darder Museum of Banyoles, in Spain.

This is the only Botswana MS Printed in Lithogravure by
De La Rue
 

Christmas Stamps accompanied by a miniature sheet Botswana introduced an annual set of Christmas stamps that was usually issued during November, but in some instances in late October or in early December. The first set made its debut on 11 November 1968 and the first miniature sheet followed with the second Christmas issue on 6 November 1969.

The designs of the Christmas stamps slowly evolved from local people observing the Christmas star to Nativity scenes and from 1974 the annual set depicted the Flora of Botswana. From 1978 the Christmas issues always included a symbolic emblem representing the Christmas star. Three exceptions to the flora theme are 1983 Dragonflies, 1984 Butterflies and 2005 Doves and Pigeons.
The Annual Christmas stamp policy includes six miniature sheets for 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1987.
The last annual Christmas set has a plant theme and was issued on 30 November 1998.
A few erratic sets followed in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and no Christmas stamps have been seen since.

MS No 2 - 6 November 1969 Christmas - SG MS 260
MS No 3 - 6 July 1970 Dickens - SG MS 269
MS No 3 1970 Death Centenary of Charles Dickens, this subject somehow does not really tally with Botswana, however the accompanying miniature sheet is enhanced by various ‘Dickens’ scenes around the margins of the sheetlet. Designed by V. Whiteley

This is the only Botswana MS Printed in Lithogravure by Walsall
MS No 2 - 1969 Christmas
Designed by V. Whiteley - Printed by Harrison
MS No 4 - 3 November 1970 Christmas - SG MS 275
MS No 5 - 11 November 1971 Christmas - SG MS 289
MS No's 4 and 5 - 1970 - 1971 Christmas

Both
Designed by A. Vale - Printed by Questa

MS No 6
21 August
1972
Runner Post

SG MS 298

MS No 6 - 1972 Mafeking - Gubulawayo Runner Post
This sheetlet reflects the entire historical route and includes images of the Mafeking 638 Barred oval numeral canceller (BONC)

A miniature version of the foregoing sheetlet was issued in 1988 to mark the Centenary of that Postal Post (MS No 21)


Sheetlet designed by M. Bryan
Printed by A. & M.


Background History


A Postal Notice dated 28 July 1888 issued at Vryburg by the Acting Postmaster General Ernest C. Baxter announced that a mail service between Bechuanaland and Matabeleland was to be established shortly. A list of postal rates accompanied the notice. Five postal agencies along the route would be opened. Each office along with a postmaster would receive a date stamp and a barred oval numeral canceller.

The Offices, allocated BONC's and Postmasters were

KANYE 677 J. Williams

MOLEPOLOLE
674 Rev. S.J. Wookey

SHOSHONG
676 C. Austin

TATI
679 Sam Edwards

GUBULAWAYO
678 Rev. C.D. Helm

A postal notice dated 8 August 1888 issued by the G.P.O. Cape Town, announced that the service would commence on August 9th.
The Rev. John Smith Moffat organized the service; he was the Assistant Commissioner of Bechuanaland and the British agent in Gubulawayo.
During July and August 1888 he travelled north along the mail route and reached Tati on the 15th.

MS No 7 - 6 November 1972 Christmas - SG MS 303
MS No 8 - 4 November 1973 Christmas - SG MS 340
MS No 7 & 8 - 1973 - 74 Christmas Both Designed by M. Bryan - Printed by Questa
The 1974 Christmas issue was the first in a series depicting Botswana Flora
MS No 9 - 24 March 1975 Tenth Anniversary of Self Government SG MS 345
Designed by M. Bryan - Printed by Questa
This Issue portrays Sir Seretse Khama 1921 - 1980 - The First President of Botswana

Born into one of the more powerful of the royal families of what was then the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, and educated abroad in neighbouring South Africa and in the United Kingdom, he returned home with a popular but controversial bride to lead his country's independence movement.

He founded the Botswana Democratic Party in 1962 and became Prime Minister in 1965. In 1966, Botswana gained independence and Khama became its first president. During his presidency, the country underwent rapid economic and social progress.

Khama remained president until his death from pancreatic cancer in 1980, when he was succeeded by Vice President Quett Masire. Forty thousand people paid their respects while his body lay in state in Gaborone.
He was buried in the Royal Cemetery on a hill in Serowe, Central District.

Sir Seretse Khama, speech of Chancellor at University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland graduation ceremony, 15 May 1970
Botswana Daily News - 19 May 1970 - Supplement

We were taught, sometimes in a very positive way, to despise ourselves and our ways of life. We were made to believe that we had no past to speak of, no history to boast of. The past, so far as we were concerned, was just a blank and nothing more. Only the present mattered and we had very little control over it. It seemed we were in for a definite period of foreign tutelage, without any hope of our ever again becoming our own masters. The end result of all this was that our self-pride and our self-confidence were badly undermined.

It should now be our intention to try to retrieve what we can of our past. We should write our own history books to prove that we did have a past, and that it was a past that was just as worth writing and learning about as any other. We must do this for the simple reason that a nation without a past is a lost nation, and a people without a past is a people without a soul.

MS No 10 - 23 June 1975 Rock Paintings - SG MS 350 - Designed by M. Bryan - Printed by Questa

Tsodilo

With one of the highest concentrations of rock art in the world, Tsodilo has been called the Louvre of the Desert.
Over 4,500 paintings are preserved in an area of only ten square kms of the Kalahari Desert.
The archaeological record of the area gives a chronological account of human activities and environmental changes over at least 100,000 years.
Local communities in this hostile environment respect Tsodilo as a place of worship frequented by ancestral spirits.


Protection and management requirements

The site owned by the Government is currently protected in terms of the Monuments & Relics Act 2001, and by conditions of the Anthropological Research Act 1967, National Parks Act 1967, and Tribal Act 1968.

Declared a National Monument in 1927, the responsibility for looking after Tsodilo Hills rests with the Department of National Museum and Monuments in collaboration with the Tsodilo Management Authority, an independent advisory group comprising the Tsodilo Community Trust, community based organizations, NGOs and selected critical government based Departments.

To ensure the conservation of all the site attributes, in 1997, a revised Integrated Management Plan was developed and approved by stakeholders. An Integrated management Plan detailing community initiatives was developed in 2007 and currently being implemented in the buffer area of the site. With the assistance of the African World Heritage Fund, a Core Area Management Plan was developed for the site in 2009.
The main objective of the previous and the current management plans is to ensure the conservation of the values of the site. In addition to the existing site office, and the Tsodilo Management Authority Trust, the Government has opened a regional Monument office to directly oversee the implementation of the management plan for the site.
Source UNESCO
MS No 11 - 28 June 1976 National Currency - SG MS 366 - Designed by M. Bryan - Printed by Questa


The pula was introduced in 1976, replacing the South African rand at par and despite a 12% devaluation in May 2005, the pula remains one of the strongest currencies in Africa.

Coins

In 1976, coins were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 thebe and 1 pula. The 1 thebe was struck in aluminum, with the 5 thebe in bronze and the others in cupro-nickel. These coins were round except for the scalloped 1 pula.
Bronze, dodecagonal 2 thebe coins were introduced in 1981 and discontinued after 1985.

In 1991, bronze-plated steel replaced bronze in the 5 thebe, nickel-plated steel replaced cupro-nickel in the 10, 25 and 50 thebe and the 1 pula changed to a smaller, nickel-brass, equilateral-curve seven-sided coin.

In 1994
a similarly shaped, nickel-brass 2 pula was introduced and in 2004, the composition was changed to brass-plated steel and the size was slightly reduced.

In 1998, following the withdrawal of the 1 and 2 thebe, smaller 5, 10, 25 and 50 thebe coins were introduced, with the 5 and 25 thebe coins being seven-sided and the 10 and 50 thebe coins remaining round. A bimetallic 5 pula depicting a Mopane caterpillar and a branch of the Mopane tree it feeds on was introduced in 2000 composed of a cupronickel center in a ring made of aluminium-nickel-bronze. In 2013 a new series of coins was introduced.

Banknotes

On 23 August 1976 the Bank of Botswana introduced notes in denominations of 1, 2, 5, and 10 pula On 16 February 1978 a 20-pula note followed . The 1 and 2 pula notes were replaced by coins in 1991 and 1994. On 29 May 1990 and 23 August 1993 the first 50 and 100 pula notes were introduced respectively.
In 2000 the 5 pula note was replaced by a coin. The original 1, 2 and 5 pula banknotes were demonetized on 1 July 2011.
The latest series of notes was introduced on 23 August 2009 and contains for the first time, a 200-pula banknote. Source Wikipedia
MS No 12 - 22 August 1977 Historical Monuments - SG MS 405 - Designed by M. Bryan - Printed by John Waddington

4t Cwihaba Caves
Seen spelling Gcwihaba Caves
A Tourist attraction in Ngamiland East

5t Khama Memorial
Is located on the northwest side of Serowe not far from Thataganyane Hill

15t Green's Tree
Frederick Thomas (Fred) Green hailed from Montreal in Canada. Born 4 April 1829 - Died 5 May 1876 and was an explorer, hunter and trader

20t Mmajojo Ruins
Seen spelling Mamajojo Ruins

This area was long ago occupied by the Bakgwatlheng, who were displaced by the Bangwaketse and receded west where they became part of the BaKgalagadi.

Some of the walls can still be found close to the Seoke at the southern base of the hill. Some of the area’s exquisite walls are still standing intact. The well crafted stones and their quality have kept the wall’s shape.

25t Ancient morabaraba board
It is claimed that Morabaraba boards carved in rock are dated to be at least 800 years old, which would exclude a European origin

35t Matsieng's footprint
South East from Gaborone, it features an elongated human footprint and various animal spoor engravings which are estimated to have been carved between
3,000 and 10,000 years ago.
MS No 13 - 11 September 1978 Okavango Delta - SG MS 434 - Designed by M. Bryan - Printed by Questa
This Issue is Printed on sand-grained paper which has an uneven surface

The 5t value depicts an aerial view of the Delta
indicating the localities of Tribes

The other values depict Tribal activities

4t Tawana making a Karos

15t Bushmen collecting roots

20t Herero woman milking

25t Yei poling mokoro (canoe)

35t Mbukushu fishing
MS No 15 - 23 February 1981 Insects - SG MS 485 - Designed by M. Bryan - Printed by Government Printer, Pretoria

Six different Insects all depicted
on the bark of a tree

6t Dragonfly

7t Mantis

10t Grasshopper

20t Beetle

30t Butterfly

45t Moth larval

MS No 14 - 11 June 1979 Handicrafts - SG MS 448
Designed by M. Bryan - Printed by Questa
MS No 16 - 20 July 1983 Traditional Artefacts - SG MS 549
Designed by M. Bryan - Printed by Mardon, Zimbabwe
MS No 17

30 December 1985


5th Anniversary of SADC Conference
Traditional Foods

SG MS 576

Designed by K. Mosinyi

Printed by Mardon, Zimbabwe
MS No 18 - 30 December 1985 Centenary of Declaration of Bechuanaland Protectorate - SG MS 594
Designed by A. Campbell - Printed by Mardon, Zimbabwe
The Design of the miniature sheet inludes a map of Southern Africa
indicating the position of present day Botswana bordering

Namibia to the North and West
Zimbabwe along its North-east side and
South Africa on the South-west and South

Four values depict

7t Mr Shippard and Chief Gaseitsiwe of the Bangwaketse

15t Sir Charles Warren and Chief Sechele of the Bakwena

25t Reverend Mackenzie and Chief Khama of the Bamangwato

Map showing the Protectorate
MS No 19 - 30 September 1986 20th Anniversary of Independence - MS 603 - Printed by Government Printer, Pretoria
Four values
Only Issued in
Miniature Sheet Format

20t Map showing National Parks and Reserves
Designed by A. Campbell

20t Morupule Power Station
Designed by K. Bogatsu

20t Cattle breeding in kgalagadi
Designed by K. Mosinyi

20t National Assembly Building
Designed by L. Marshall
MS No 20 - 26 October 1987 Christmas - Grasses and Sedges
SG MS 643 - Designed by Julia Cairnes
Printed by
National Printing & Packing, Zimbabwe
MS No 22 - 5 July 1989 Slaty Egret - SG MS 677
Designed by K. Mosinyl
Printed by
National Printing & Packing, Zimbabwe
MS No 23 - 1 August 1990 Traditional Dress - SG MS 701
Designed by K. Mosinyl
Printed by
National Printing & Packing, Zimbabwe
MS No 24 - 29 June 1992 De Luxe Railway Service - SG MS 737
Designed by P. Lodoen
Printed by Harrison, London

1995 A change of policy for Miniature sheets or sheetlets

1995 Endangered Species - the Brown Hyena, the four stamps were printed in sheets of fifty and in addition se-tenant strips of four were arranged in a sheetlet of 16 with pictorial selvedge.
The foregoing is not regarded as being a miniature sheet.

Botswana Post joins the trait of exploiting the stamp collector as the connoisseur who desires all the available permutations requires a set of single stamps, a se-tenant strip plus a complete sheetlet. It requires the purchase of six sets at a cost of 15 Pula instead of one set at P2 50t.

MS No 27 1997 Golden Wedding of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, for the first time the miniature sheet depicts a different design with a top value of ten Pula.
MS No 25 - 7 August 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona
SG MS 760 - Printed by Harrison, London
MS No 27 - 22 September 1997 Royal Golden Wedding - SG MS 876
Designed by N. Shewring - Printed by Questa


This is the first miniature sheet that incorporates a different design and
value to the issued stamps
MS No 26 - 24 May 1993 Railway Centenary - SG MS 775
Designed by P. Lodoen - Printed by Harrison, London
MS No 30 - 17 August 1999 - SG MS 903
Southern Africa Development Community Day
MS No 28 - 1 June 1998 Princess Diana Commemoration - SG MS 889
Designed by D. Miller - Printed by Cartor, France
MS No 29 - 28 September 1998 Botswana Weavers
SG MS 894
Designed by M. McArthur - Printed by Enschede

Same designs as issued Stamps - Face value of MS 10 Pula - Issued stamps P5.85
This is the second miniature sheet that incorporates a different
design and value to the issued stamps
MS No 31
1 December 1999
Miss Universe - Mpule Kwelagobe
SG MS 910

Designed by Seasky Design Studio
Printed by
Southern Colour Print
Dunedin, New Zealand

This was the first of its kind whereby
the stamps and the selvedge present
a complete picture.
As a result of the foregoing the individual stamps appear somewhat disjointed

This gimmick was also used for the
2000 - 2003 Wetlands series and the
2001 Kgalagadi Wildlife Park,
but this miniature sheet
only incorporates two of the four designs
MS No 32 - 19 July 2000
Moths -
SG MS 920

Designed by Donna McKenna
Printed by
Cartor, France

The moth issue simply incorporate
the stamps, but the surrounding area
is in the shape of a large moth

The foregoing idea was utilized again
in 2011 with four white Rhino stamps
set in a shape of one large animal
MS No 33
6 December 2000
Wetlands 1st Series
Okavango Delta
SG MS 938

Designed by G. Ryan
Printed by
Enschede

This is the second miniature sheet whereby
the stamps and the selvedge present
a complete picture
As a result, some stamps appear incomplete
MS No 34 - 1 February 2001 - HONG KONG 2001 Stamp Exhibition
SG MS 938 Overprinted with the Exhibition logo on the sheet margin
MS No 34
1 February 2001

HONG KONG
2001 Stamp Exhibition

SG MS 938

Overprinted with the Exhibition logo
on the sheet margin
MS No 35
12 May 2001
Kgalagadi Transfrontier
Wildlife Park
SG MS 948

Designed by Karen Odiam
Printed by Cartor, France

This miniature sheet
only includes two of the
four issued stamps

MS No 39 - 12 November 2003
Beetles -
SG MS 1008
Designed by Dr M. Sctshogo
Printed by Cartor, France
This is the third miniature sheet that
incorporates a different design and value
to the issued stamps
MS No 36

30 July 2001

Traditional Baskets
SG MS 953

Designed by
C. Abbot


Printed by

Enschede
MS No 37
12 December 2001
Wetlands 2nd Series
Chobe River
SG MS 963

Designed by G. Ryan
Printed by
Enschede

This is another miniature sheet whereby
the stamps and the selvedge present
a complete picture
As a result, some stamps appear incomplete
MS No 38
18 December 2002
Wetlands 3rd Series
Makgadikgadi Pans
SG MS 999

Designed by G. Ryan
Printed by
Enschede

This is another miniature sheet whereby
the stamps and the selvedge present
a complete picture
As a result, some stamps appear incomplete
MS No 40
23 December 2003
Wetlands 4th Series
Limpopo River
SG MS 1014

Designed by G. Ryan
Printed by
Enschede

This is another miniature sheet whereby
the stamps and the selvedge present
a complete picture
As a result, some stamps appear incomplete

MS No 41
9 October 2004
First Joint SAPOA Issue
National Birds
SG MS 1027

Designed by Anja Denker
Printed by
Enschede

The P5.00 was also Printed in sheets

Joint Issues of Southern Africa
Postal Operators Association Members
This marks the beginning of pictorial
miniature sheets with unusual shaped stamps
and the identical designs were issued by
other African countries

Also issued by Angola, Malawi,
Namibia, South Africa,
Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe

MS No 42
25 October 2005
Endangered Species
Blackfooted Cat
SG MS 1044

Designed by Roger Gorringe
Printed by Cartor, France

This somewhat oversized miniature sheet represents
another case of exploiting the collector by
including two sets of the issue instead of one
With a face value of 23 Pula instead of P11.50
MS No 43

29 September 2006


40th Anniversary of Independence
SG MS 1061

Designed by Lucy Phalaagae

Printed by
Enschede

MS No 44
9 October 2007

Second
Joint SAPOA Issue
National Animals
SG MS 1079

Designed by Anja Denker

Litho and Die-stamped
By Enschede

MS No 45
9 April 2010

Third Joint SAPOA Issue
World Cup Football
SG MS 1146

Nine circular designs
Also issued by Lesotho,
Malawi, Mauritius,
Namibia, South Africa,
Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Namibia took the unusual step of producing a second miniature sheet with each stamp attributed to a
different country - in the following sequence

Namibia
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Swaziland
Botswana
Mauritius
Lesotho
Zambia



MS No 46
1 December 2010

Night
Animals
SG MS 1157

Designed by Ama Page

Litho Cartor

MS No 47 - 21 November 2011
Endangered Species - Southern White Rhinoceros -
SG MS 1174

Designed by Jacob Disele -
Printed by
Enschede


After the 2000 Moth issue, this is the second large unusual shaped miniature sheet - Because of its thematic appeal it is on offer by dealers and EBay sellers
at a price well in excess of its current £5 catalogue value - A Dutch Internet Company prices it at 15 Euros and a Buy It Now EBay offer is £9.45!
MS No 48
20 June 2014
Lions of the Chobe
SG MS 1210

Designed by Ngoni Wilson
Printed by
Southern Colour Print
Dunedin, New Zealand
MS No 49
7 August 2014

Philakorea 2014 World Stamp Exhibition
Seoul, South Korea
SG MS 1217

MS 1210 overprinted with Exhibition Logo on sheet Margin

MS No 50 - July 2015 - SG MS 1230
Okavango Delta Wildlife -
The same inscription is printed on the reverse of each stamp
MS No 51
July 2015


SG MS 1239
African Buffalo in Botswana
MS No 52
September 2015


SG MS 1245
Save Botswana's Vultures
MS No 53
20 November 2015
Vervet Monkey in Botswana
SG MS 1250
MS No 55
14 March 2016
Elephants of Botswana
SG MS 1256
MS No 54
November 2015
Hong Kong Exhibition
(Logo overprinted Vervet Monkey MS)

SG MS 1251
MS No 56 & 57
10 - 15 August 2016
Thailand Stamp Exhibition
Logo overprinted on previous MS

SG MS 1269 & 1270
MS No 58
1 October 2016
Favourite Stamps of Five Decades SG MS 1276
MS No 59
28 February 2017
Leopard in Botswana SG MS 1285
MS No 60

1 May 2017


Netball World Youth Cup
SG MS 1291




MS No 61

1 August 2017


Bustards in Botswana
SG MS 1297
All 61 issued Miniature Sheets on display
Illustrations by Otto Peetoom

No

Year

SG - MS

Botswana Miniature Sheets - Details

Value

1

1968

248

Opening of National Museum and Art Gallery

£1.00

2

1969

260

Christmas

£1.00

3

1970

269

Death Centenary of Charles Dickens

£2.75

4

 

279

Christmas

£1.00

5

1971

289

Christmas

£1.00

6

1972

298

Mafeking - Gubulawayo Runner route

£11

7

 

303

Christmas

£1.25

8

1974

340

Christmas

£1.75

9

1975

345

Tenth Anniversary of Self Government

£1.00

10

 

350

Rock Paintings, Tsodilo Hills

£12

11

1976

366

First National Currency

£1.00

12

1977

405

Historical Monuments

£2.50

13

1978

434

Okavango Delta

£1.50

14

1979

448

Handicrafts

£1.00

15

1981

485

Insects

£2.50

16

1983

549

Traditional Artefacts

£3.75

17

1985

576

5th Anniversary of SADC Conference

£7

18

 

594

Centenary of Bechuanaland Protectorate

£14

19

1986

603

20th Anniversary of Independence

£3.75

20

1987

643

Christmas - Grasses and Sedges

£4.25

21

1988

656

Centenary of Mafeking - Gubulawayo Runner Post

£10

22

1989

677

Slaty Egrets

£3.25

23

1990

701

Traditional Dress

£9

24

1992

737

Deluxe Railway Service

£14

25

 

760

Olympic Games - Barcelona

£6

26

1993

775

Railway Centenary

£5

27

1997

876

Royal Golden Wedding

£4

28

1998

889

Diana, Princess of Wales Commemoration

£2.50

29

 

894

Botswana Weavers

£3

30

1999

903

South African Development Community Day

£4

31

 

910

Miss Universe

£11

32

2000

920

Moths

£7.50

33

 

938

Wetlands 1st Okavango Delta

£7.50

34

2001

939

Hong Kong 2001 Exhibition Overprint on MS938

£7.50

35

 

948

Kgalagadi Wildlife Park

£3.50

36

 

953

Traditional Baskets

£2.75

37

 

963

Wetlands 2nd Chobe River

£7

38

2002

999

Wetlands 3rd Makgadikgadi Pans

£8.25

39

2003

1008

Beetles

£6

40

 

1014

Wetlands 4th Limpopo River

£7

41

2004

1027

First SAPOA National birds

£13

42

2005

1044

Endangered Species Black-footed Cat

£8

43

2006

1061

40th Anniversary of Independence

£8.50

44

2007

1079

Second SAPOA National Animals

£7

45

2010

1146

Third SAPOA World Cup Football

£13

46

 

1157

Night Animals

£10

47

2011

1174

Endangered Species White Rhinoceros

£5

48

2014

1210

Lions of the Chobe

£6

49

 

1217

Philkorea Stamp Exhibition Overprint on MS1210

£5

50
2015
1230
Okavango Delta Wildlife  
51
 
1239
African Buffalo in Botswana  
52
 
1245
Save Botswana's Vultures  
53
 
1250
Vervet Monkey in Botswana  
54
 
1251
Hong Kong Exhibition Overprint on MS1250  
55
2016
1256
Elephants of Botswana  
56 & 57
 
1269 & 1270
Thailand Stamp Exhibition Overprint on MS1250 & MS1256  
58
 
1276
Favourite Stamps of Five Decades  
59
2017
1285
Leopard in Botswana  
60
1291
Netball World Youth Cup  
61
 
1297
Bustards of Botswana  
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